‘No greater place in America to be a chef:’ Why Beau MacMillan’s group is opening several restaurants in Phoenix

Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on May 27, 2025

Within the next year, Valley-based restaurant group Clive Collective will open five new restaurants across the Phoenix area.

Clive, which is led by partners Mikis Troyan, Justin Massei and Beau MacMillan, is the company behind hit concepts Cala in Old Town Scottsdale and Tell Your Friends, an underground speakeasy in North Scottsdale. The group also opened Neon Spur, its dive bar concept in Tempe, earlier this year.

The Clive leadership team told the Business Journal that it feels like there is a moment happening in the Valley’s dining scene and they want to be a part of it.

“There’s no greater place in America to be a chef right now than in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area,” MacMillan said. “Arizona has become a mecca for restaurants.”

Bolstering that dining destination reputation, Clive has five concepts under development in the Phoenix area. The first one to open will Kuza, which will be located in North Scottsdale in the former Chauncy Social space on Scottsdale Road, just south of Mayo Blvd. and right next to its speakeasy concept.

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